{"title": "With AI you are focusing on the wrong Fear of Missing Out", "timestamp": 1784666829.7423286, "description": "Vibe-Coders, people that use LLMs for programming, are found at a such high levels of stress these days, that they [end up in a hospital](https://invidio.us/watch?v=0F5zG1RQ4Ig) over it. They believe that they need to keep up-to-date on everything regarding the endless AI updates, to the point that it literally deteriorates their health. We all know a person in some field that feels like they would not necessarily *want* to use AI, but in the same time, they *don't want* to \"fall behind\" the rest. That they must know how to \"use\" these tools, or else they will have no chance what so ever, in the market-place. The problem is, they are focusing on the wrong Fear. Especially when it comes to the market-place.", "author": {"avatar": "https://blenderdumbass.org/pictures/favicon.png", "bio": "Aka: J.Y. Amihud. 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We want people that care, everywhere. completly agree\r\n", "username": "cptbichez", "id": 0, "timestamp": 1784670585.7577002, "p_index": {}}, {"text": "> Vibe-Coders, people that use LLMs for programming, are found at a such high levels of stress these days, that they end up in a hospital over it. They believe that they need to keep up-to-date on everything regarding the endless AI updates, to the point that it literally deteriorates their health. We all know a person in some field that feels like they would not necessarily want to use AI, but in the same time, they don't want to \"fall behind\" the rest. That they must know how to \"use\" these tools, or else they will have no chance what so ever, in the market-place. The problem is, they are focusing on the wrong Fear. Especially when it comes to the market-place.\r\n\r\nI have a fear people are going to stop thinking for themselves and outsource it to the prompt-box... oh wait!!!\r\n\r\n", "username": "Troler", "id": 1, "timestamp": 1784741223.8358257, "p_index": {"2": 1}}, {"text": "> Now I know about the whole Linus Torvalds remark about vibe-coding and how he is not against it, or whatever. But knowing Linus's previous shenanigans, you can safely assume, he is just trying to soothe the corporate sponsors of his operation.\r\n\r\nThe fact Linus is sucking up to corporates is enough of a sign to not trust.  ", "username": "Troler", "id": 2, "timestamp": 1784741347.594466, "p_index": {"2": 15}}, {"text": "> Putting this aside, the growth of GNU / Linux can be attributed directly to the in-house use of AI coding agents inside of Microsoft. Making Microsoft Windows ( a place that loses it's market-share to GNU / Linux ) a pile of absolute, buggy garbage.\r\n\r\nWindows is losing more of its market share to MacOS, than to LiGNUx. And Mac computers now have this thing called Apple Intelligence (AI)", "username": "Troler", "id": 3, "timestamp": 1784742140.4653203, "p_index": {"2": 17}}, {"text": "> People ran away from Windows because of vibe-coding. Because of the bugs it introduced in the system. Similarly to how people ran away from Github. Today a large majority of Libre Software is hosted on Codeberg.org instead. Similarly to how a lot of people ran away from Ex-Twitter, when Musk bought it. Before that Mastodon was a desert. Now it swarms with life.\r\n\r\n\"A large majority\" is a misnomer. There was some migration, sure, but the LARGE majority stayed on Github. Go to any free software project and odds its git repository is hosted on github.com", "username": "Troler", "id": 4, "timestamp": 1784742281.3562832, "p_index": {"2": 23}}, {"text": "> Think about it. Say movies. For the longest time, impressive big budget block-busters with great visuals and impressive everything, was the shit people wanted to see. So if a manager can find a way to make something that looks as good and feels as good, while being a thousand times cheaper to produces, that manager will be a good manager. AI makes perfect sense in this setting.\r\n\r\nOne of the biggest genres in Japan are lowish budget, high-practical-effects films, Tokusatsu (think of all the Godzilla movies). With it grossing in just [2018 ~16 Billion Yen](https://tokusatsunetwork.com/2018/11/bandai-namco-releases-toy-sales-data-for-first-half-of-year/), which is ~300'000'000 Shekels.", "username": "Troler", "id": 5, "timestamp": 1784742675.7125745, "p_index": {"2": 33}}, {"text": "I think Stallman said he would be OK with using LLMs (which he call bu*****t generators) for programs as long as someone reviews the output.", "username": "AnonymousGuest", "id": 6, "timestamp": 1785065293.896182}, {"text": "> He doesn't want to tell stories... People that use AI don't want to do something good. They don't want to create something worth your time. They maybe want money. And they realized ( using analytical methods or something ) that you will not care, unless something looks a certain way, or behaves a certain way.\r\n\r\nI've seen this attitude a lot in free software projects like when someone turned up in the forum of a project I follow asking for a review of their LMM generated documentation for the project and the maintainer immediately said \"Sorry, I don't have time\".\r\n\r\nI don't use LLMs much but I'm not against them.\r\n\r\nI don't know why they needed LLM generated docs anyway the docs that are there a pretty good. I think its about feeding an LLM context or something.", "username": "AnonymousGuest", "id": 7, "timestamp": 1785065346.182768}]}, "collections": [], "languages": {}, "hashtags": ["ai", "vibecoding", "aiart", "microsoft", "microslop", "aislop", "stopai", "programming", "fomo", "art", "movies", "cinema", "cinemastodon"], "not_ai_proof": "", "warning": "", "tab": "articles", "url": "https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/with_ai_you_are_focusing_on_the_wrong_fear_of_missing_out", "likes": ["blenderdumbass", "https://mastodon.online/users/blenderdumbass", "cptbichez", "Troler"], "boosts": ["https://mastodon.online/users/blenderdumbass"]}